Felting A Fleece Rug

The combination of hot water soap and agitation coming together to produce a whole new fabric.

Felting a fleece rug. We make living rugs sometimes known as vegetarian sheepskins at our small farm in the peak district. Felted fleece sheepskins use sheep wool from shearing not the sheepskin so no animal is harmed during the process. We ve recently seen the beautiful fleece rugs she s felted and shown us on the forum with her daughters. But she has taken it a step further and has built a loom and woven a rug from fleece.

For more information on how i make felted fleece rugs click here. Made in the uk. Felted fleece rugs use sheep wool from shearing not the sheepskin that is felted using a technique involving hot water soap and rolling. Handmade on the farm.

Felted rugs are also called vegetarian sheepskins or no skin sheep fleece rugs. Here is a simple method for turning a beautiful shorn fleece into a rug or throw without having to kill the animal to. Felted fleece living cushion. Our rugs are made by hand at our smallholding here in sw scotland uk.

Unlike smooth fibers such as cotton and silk wool is uniquely structured to allow for felting. Felting is the process of tangling or interlocking wool fibers to form a permanent mesh structure. This is a part of my yule goat costume project to see the finished costume or if you want to support my art go to this post. Some of you may remember a post i wrote here in april about shearing sheep.

Home of the original living rug. The finished rug is felted tight on the backside so that it holds its shape and doesn t fall apart. Buy a rug we make felted sheepskin rugs sometimes known as vegetarian sheepskins at our small farm in devon. Felting a magical process.

No skin just wool and love. Wool fiber covered with small scales or barbs. Shearing sheep in sweden. Our guest artist author is zara tuulikki rooke.

It is a kind of alchemy.